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In the next two sections, you will be asked questions about yourself and your
education. The choices for some questions will be written across the page as shown.
Fill in the oval for the best answer.
Example 1
You should have filled in the oval below the answer that best tells how often you
watch movies on TV.
The choices for some questions will be written down the page as shown. Now read
Example 2 and indicate your answer.
Example 2
A basketball game
B car show
C concert
D play
Make your answer mark clear and dark in the oval. If you make a mistake or want
to change your answer, be sure to completely erase any unwanted marks.
Do not go past the sign at the end of each section until you are told to do so.
If you finish before time is called, go back and check your work on that section only.
Use your time carefully. Do as much as you can in each section.
In this section, please tell us about yourself and your family. The section has 13 questions.
Mark your answers in your booklet.
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1. Are you Hispanic or Latino? Fill in one 2. Which of the following best describes
or more ovals. you? Fill in one or more ovals.
A No, I am not Hispanic or Latino. A White
For the rest of the questions in this section, fill in only one oval for each question.
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4. Does your family get any magazines 8. About how many pages a day do you
regularly? have to read in school and for
homework?
A Yes
A 5 or fewer
B No
B 6–10
C I don’t know.
C 11–15
D 16–20
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B No
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10. How many days were you absent from 13. How often do people in your home talk
school in the last month? to each other in a language other than
English?
A None
A Never
B 1 or 2 days
B Once in a while
C 3 or 4 days
C About half of the time
D 5 to 10 days
D All or most of the time
E More than 10 days
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This section has 11 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval for
each question.
1. What math class are you taking this year? 2. What math class do you expect to take
next year?
A Geometry
A Geometry
B Algebra II
B Algebra II
C Algebra I (one-year course)
C Algebra I (one-year course)
D First year of a two-year Algebra I
course D First year of a two-year Algebra I
course
E Second year of a two-year Algebra I
course E Second year of a two-year Algebra I
course
F Introduction to algebra or
pre-algebra F Introduction to algebra or
pre-algebra
G Basic or general eighth-grade math
G Basic or general math
H Integrated or sequential math
H Integrated or sequential math
I Other math class
I Business or consumer math
J Other math class
K I don’t know.
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3. How often do you feel the following way in your math class? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never or Once or Once or Almost
hardly twice a twice a every
ever month week day
and interesting.
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4. How often do you use a computer for 5. On a typical day, how much time do
math at school? you spend doing work for math class
on a computer? Include work you do in
A Never or hardly ever class and for homework.
B Once every few weeks A None
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6. When you are doing math for school or homework, how often do you use these different
types of computer programs? Fill in one oval on each line.
Never Once About Two or Every day
or hardly every few once a three times or almost
ever weeks week a week every day
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7. How often do you use these different types of calculators in your math class?
Sometimes,
Never but not Usually
use often use
multiplication, division)
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8. When you take a math test or quiz, 10. How hard did you try on this test
how often do you use a calculator? compared to how hard you tried on
most other tests you have taken this
A Never year in school?
B Sometimes A Not as hard as on other tests
D Very important